The Militaristic Matriarchy of Pikti is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Squadron Admiral Octobrianna with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.729 billion Piktians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heavily Armoured Bunker of Pikti. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The strong Piktian economy, worth 642 trillion SRBT Buckss a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry. Average income is 83,124 SRBT Buckss, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Pikti with a very polite populace, most of the military's funding goes into researching space-age weaponry, euthanasia is legal, and manufacturers are sued for almost anything not covered in their catalogue-sized manuals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pikti's national animal is the Armed Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.